Bean-harvester.



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BEAN HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3. 19m.

Patented July 9, 1918.

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H. F. HARDY.

BEAN HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-3,1917- 1 271,705. ==Patented July 9,1918.

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BEAN HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3. 19H. 1 ,271,705. Patented July 9,1918.

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orator.

- HERMAN r. H R Y, or Jason, non'rn CAROLINA.

BEAN-HARVESTER.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, HERMAN F. HARDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jason, in the countylof Greene and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bean-Harvesters, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bean harvesting provided at its bottom and at its forward.-

end with a recess and fenders or guards are mounted at the forward portion of the body and at the sides of the said recess and are adapted to direct the vines or plants into the recess and prevent the loss of beans out of the front end of the body after they are beaten off.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the bean harvester? Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a similar view wlth intermedlate parts removed.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 7 is a detailed side elevation of an intermediate portion of the harvester with parts shown in section,

Fig. 8 is a detailed sectional view out on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Fi 9 is a vertical sectional view out on the hue 99 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a detailed sectional view out on the line 10-10 of Fig. 2.

The bean harvester comprises a body 1 of wood or other suitable material and the side body is provided at its opposite sides with vertically disposed recesses 2. Boxes 3 are slidalbly mounted in the recesses 2 and carry axles 4 upon which wheels 5 are'journaled. Strips 6 are attached to the boxes '3 and extend along the upper portions of the recesses 2 and pass vertically through Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 3, 1917. Serial No. 200,153.

Patented July 9,1918.

the upper portions of the sides of the'body 1. The said strips 6 are provided with perforations 7 through which pins 8 may be passed whereby the stripsand the boxes are held at adjusted positions in said recesses. The body 1 rests upon the pins 8 as best indicated in Fig. 9.

v A hood 9 is mounted upon the forward portion of the body 1 and carries a platform lO'upon which the driver or operator may sit. A tongue 11 is connected with the upper forward portion of the body- 1 in a suitable manner and draft animals (not shown) may be connected with the tongue for drawing the machine over the ground.

The body'l is provided at its bottom and at its forward end with a recess 12 which is disposed longitudinally of the body and along the median longitudinal dimension thereof. Fenders or shields 13 are attached to the bottom of the body 1 and extend along the edges of the recess 12. and the said fenders or shields are pointed at their forward ends and are spaced from each other. A shaft 14 is journaled upon the body 1 below the hood 9 and spiders 15 are mounted upon the said shaft under the hood and between the sides of the body. Bars 16 are connected at their ends with the spiders 15 .and are disposed parallel with the shaft 14 and are spaced from each other. Radially disposed fingers 17 are mounted upon the bars 16 and are adapted to move over the bottom of the forward portion of the body serves to hold the chain'in a tight condition. Plates 24 are attached to the inner surfaces of the sides of the body 1 and extend across the recesses 2 and prevent the beans from passing through the said recesses.

A clutch member 25 with key attached slides upon the shaft 14 and is adapted to engage the clutch member 18 whereby rotary movement may {be transmitted from axle 4: to the shaft 14. A bracket 26 is mounted upon the body 1 and a lever is pivoted upon the said bracket and engages the clutch member 25 with clutch sprocket 18. The

- bracket 26- -is provided with an upstanding lug 28 and the, lever 27 is made of flexible material as for instance iron and may be upper end of the lug is held-at an adjusted position. It is appar- Y of the ground and when the clutch mem-' ent that by swinging the lever the clutch member may be moved into or out of en- 'ga ement with the clutch member 18. is the machine is drawn over the surface here are in en agement with each other the spiders 15 am? the teeth 17 rotate .with the axis of the shaft 14.- The vines or plants are directed by the fenders 13 into the recess 12 and as the teeth come in contact with the vines or plants they beat or thresh the beans from the plants and cast them back into the rear portion of'the body 1 and the plants are left standin in the soil. When a suflicient quantity 0 beans have accumulated in the bod i as 515% ings, it will be seen that a bean harvester of simple and durable structure is provided and that the same may be used to advantage for economically harvesting beans, peas and similar vegetables."

Having described the invention what is claimed 1s A harvester comprising a body provided at its sides with slots, journaled boxes adj'ustably mounted in the slots, means for securing the boxes in adjusted position, wheels having axles journal'ed in the boxes and plates mounted on the sides of the body and bringin the slots beyond the inner surfaces of the oxes, I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HERMAN F. HARDY.

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